Install

Pidgin

Windows

This version of Pidgin downloads an appropriate version of GTK. GTK is now
installed locally for Pidgin, and not system-wide, thus Pidgin will not
interfere with other GTK apps on your system.

If you would like to have GTK included in the installer, we have an offline
installer
that bundles everything except spell-checking dictionaries.

Linux

We do not provide pre-built packages for Linux and Unix distributions. We
recommend installing Pidgin using your operating system’s standard package
management tool.

If your operating system doesn’t provide a pre-built package, or if their
pre-built package is out of date and you want to upgrade, then you can try
building from source.

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pidgin

FreeBSD

pkg install pidgin

macOS

For a native Mac OS X experience we recommend Adium, which
uses libpurple (the core of Pidgin) for much of its protocol support.

If you’re sure you want to use Pidgin on OS X, you may find the packages
provided through Homebrew,
pkgin,
Fink or
Macports more convenient than compiling
from source. Please note, we do not provide support for issues related to
installing Homebrew, pkgin, Fink, Macports, or their packages of Pidgin. Contact those
projects directly with questions or concerns.

If you’re sure you want to use Pidgin on OS X and you don’t want to use
Homebrew, Fink or Macports, you can download the Pidgin
source and compile.

Source

This download is for the source code of Pidgin 2.13.0.

If you want to use Pidgin, you should either download and use our Windows
installer or look for pre-built packages from your operating system
distribution.